Growth and the plant-size distribution over the long-run

(with Jonas Gathen , 2022)

In this paper, we study the link between rapid economic growth and changes in the plant size distribution in Indonesia. We find that:

  • As output grew by a factor of twenty-five, the average plant size doubled and very large plants strongly increased their shares of output and employment.
  • The direct contribution of aggregate productivity for output growth in Indonesia is less than twelve percent.
  • Growth is driven by endogenous transition dynamics.

Growth and the firm-size distribution over the long-run (with Jonas Gathen)

Infrastructure and the firm size distribution (with Matias Busso)